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Re: One year ago today, I...
A year ago, I...
-- ...was beating my workmates pretty reliably for what felt like decent amounts of money in games after work. Thought I was pretty damn good. -- ...really sucked. -- ...had never played online. -- ...thought any two broadway were really pretty. -- ...was separated from my wife. -- ...got very depressed when I lost large amounts gambling (used to have a blackjack leak). In the last year, I... -- ...made my first deposit at Party. Lost it. Made my second deposit. Lost it. Took a break for a while, made one last (and this one I really resolved it would be the last) deposit. -- ...almost simultaneously found 2+2. Read without really understanding much of anything for a while, but even that level helped enough for the 11s. -- ...reconciled with my wife, who (though this was the least of my worries) didn't really mind my new poker habit nearly as much as I thought she would. -- ...eventually moved up to the 22s, where I'm solidly +ROI, and the 33s, where I'm borderline, then back to the 22s. -- ...made about an extra month's salary from my 9-to-5 from my poker exploits, not so much as to be life-changing, but certainly enough to be able to do some nice things with it. -- ...suck a bit less, and now recognize that I suck, though I can confidently say I suck less than the people at the tables I play. -- ...am a lot tighter than I was a year ago, but still find myself seduced by pretty-looking hands at the worst possible times now and then. -- ...am much more accepting of the swings of variance (especially since I have confidence that in the long run, they'll tend to work out my way), but still don't handle downswings as well as I'd like. -- ...still leak, but at MTTs rather than blackjack, which feels like progress. A year from now, I... -- ...hope to have moved back up again to the 30s or 50s, maybe higher if things work out, but happy to only move as high as I can ultra-comfortably do (I have ~120 BIs on-line at the moment). -- ...hope to have made enough to pay off some (all, in my wilder dreams) of the credit card debt I built up in college and haven't had much luck making a dent in since. -- ...hope to suck even less. -- ...hope to turn my MTT leak into an inflow. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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Re: One year ago today, I...
One year ago I:
-Was bonus whoring micro limit ring games to build a bankroll. -Had a long term goal to be able to win $500 a month. -Hadn't played a SNG or MTT Now I- -Regularly play the 55's and some MTT's with a solid ROI. -Taken a few stabs at the 109's with success but realize the money still means too much to me. -First realized that $500 a month is way too low for a long term goal -Later realized that monetary monthly goals are silly and changed my goals to developing the ability and comfort level to play the 215's well. Goals for the future: -Rebuild my roll after depletion due to RL expenses. -Learn to better handle the money at risk in a 109. (Obviously after rebuilding the roll.) -Play more poker while still maintaining my relationships. -Play with my 3 month old daughter more. (Can never be too much.) -Mike |
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